Edgbaston ka mahaul... target sirf 130 runs ka tha, lekin subah ki pehli hi saans me kahani palat gayi. England ne chase shuru ki... aur pehli ball par Ben Duckett pavilion laut gaye. Mohammad Abbas ne edge nikalwaya... wicketkeeper ne catch liya... aur stadium me Pakistan ki umeed jag uthi. Phir usi over me Emilio Gay leg before wicket ho gaye. Score... 2 wickets par sirf 2 runs. Ek chhota target, lekin achanak har run bhaari lagne laga. Pakistan ke liye ye wahi darwaza tha, jise debutant Razaullah ne pichhli shaam apni batting se halka sa khola tha. Ab laga... shayad comeback sach me possible hai. Lekin cricket ki kahani sirf wickets se nahi, nerves se likhi jaati hai. Crease par aaye Joe Root... England ke sabse bharosemand batters me se ek. Unke saath Jordan Cox. Pakistan ne pressure badhaya, bowling changes laaye, aur phir ek moment aaya jo match ki direction ko sach me badal sakta tha. Mohammad Ali ne Root ko clean bowled kar diya... ya kam se kam pehli nazar me laga ki kar diya. Lekin umpire ne check kiya... no-ball. Bowler ne line cross kar di thi. Ek wicket jo Pakistan ko mil sakta tha... hawa me bikhar gaya. Root ne agli hi ball boundary ke liye bhej di. Ye sirf chaar runs nahi the... ye momentum par haq jatane ka jawab tha. Jordan Cox ne bhi agle over me boundary nikali aur dheere-dheere England ka panic control me badalne laga. Pakistan ke paas ek aur mauka aaya. Abbas ne Root ke bat ka outside edge nikalwaya... lekin slips me khade fielders react hi nahi kar paye. Ball nikal gayi. England bach gaya. Aur bas... wahi se chase ne apna rang badal liya. Pressure halka hua, scoreboard manageable tha, aur Root-Cox partnership ne Pakistan ki energy ko dheere-dheere kha liya. Joe Root ne fifty complete ki... aur uske saath format me sabse zyada half-centuries ka record apne naam kar liya. Jordan Cox ne bhi mauka nahi chhoda aur apni half-century poori ki. Dono ne unbeaten century partnership jodi, aur England ne lunch ke aas-paas target chase karte hue 8 wickets se match jeet liya. Series ka final scoreline... England 3, Pakistan 0. Lekin is victory ke andar ka drama scoreline se kahin zyada gehra tha. Pakistan ne pehle innings me 133 runs banaye, jahan Saud Shakeel ne 43 ki fighting knock kheli aur Josh Tongue ne 4 wickets liye. England ne jawab me 453 banaye, Harry Brook ne 75 score kiye, jabki Razaullah ne debut Test me 4 wickets lekar impact chhoda. Pakistan ne doosri innings me 449 ka strong total banaya, Shan Masood 95 tak pahunche, aur Gus Atkinson ne 3 wickets liye. Match ne ek waqt Pakistan ko wapas zinda kar diya tha. Lekin final chase me 2 wickets par 2 runs se England ka control wapas aaya... Root 62 not out, Cox 59 not out... aur Pakistan ki last hope wahi khatam ho gayi. Ye sirf ek 8-wicket win nahi thi. Ye pressure se composure tak ki kahani thi. Ek no-ball, ek missed edge, do half-centuries... aur ek partnership jisne Pakistan ke comeback ko dheere-dheere band kar diya. England ne series 3-0 se sweep ki... aur Edgbaston par final chapter unhone nerves ke saath nahi, authority ke saath likha. Aap sun rahe the Guru News Network, powered by द गुरु ज्ञान. Yahan cricket news sirf score nahi batati... kahani ka pulse samjhati hai. Latest cricket updates, smart match intelligence aur fast live action ke liye जुड़े रहिए द गुरु ज्ञान ke saath... kyunki match khatam ho sakta hai, lekin cricket ki kahani kabhi seedhi line me khatam nahi hoti.

Edgbaston gave England a target of only 130, but the chase began like the opening scene of a thriller rather than the closing act of a clean sweep. On the very first ball, Ben Duckett edged Mohammad Abbas behind and walked back without scoring. Before the over was finished, Emilio Gay was trapped leg before wicket. England were 2 for 2, and for a few sharp minutes Pakistan could see the outline of an extraordinary escape. That possibility had not appeared from nowhere. Debutant Razaullah had helped Pakistan build belief with the bat on the previous evening, and England's sudden collapse at the start of the chase made the final morning feel unstable. A modest target had become emotionally heavy. Every delivery carried consequence. Then came Joe Root and Jordan Cox. Their first task was not to dominate. It was to survive the noise. Pakistan attacked, searched for early breakthroughs, and changed the bowling when Razaullah proved expensive. The move nearly produced the moment they needed. Mohammad Ali beat Root completely and sent the stumps flying, but the celebration lasted only seconds. The bowler had overstepped. No-ball. A dismissal disappeared, and with it went one of Pakistan's best chances to crack the chase open. Root answered immediately, driving the very next ball for four. Jordan Cox followed with a boundary of his own. England had not escaped yet, but the panic had begun to drain from the innings. Pakistan still created another opening. Abbas found Root's outside edge, but neither first slip nor second slip committed to the catch. The ball went through, the opportunity vanished, and England's two senior batters settled into the rhythm of a chase that was now slowly bending back toward the hosts. From there, the partnership became a lesson in control. The required runs were few, the scoreboard pressure was minimal, and Root used that freedom with the calm of a batter who has lived through every version of Test-match tension. He moved past fifty with a boundary and, in doing so, broke the record for the most half-centuries in the format. At the other end, Jordan Cox turned opportunity into substance, reaching his own fifty and refusing to let Pakistan back into the contest. Their partnership passed one hundred without being broken. England reached 130 for 2 around lunch, winning by 8 wickets and completing a 3-0 series sweep. The final scorecard tells the broad shape of the Test. Pakistan made 133 in the first innings, with Saud Shakeel scoring 43 while Josh Tongue took 4 for 42. England answered with 453, led by Harry Brook's 75, although debutant Razaullah made a strong first impression with 4 for 148. Pakistan then fought back brilliantly with 449 in the second innings, Shan Masood making 95 and Gus Atkinson taking 3 for 109. That recovery created the 130-run target. It also created hope. But hope in Test cricket is fragile. Sometimes it is broken by a great spell. Sometimes by a century. And sometimes by smaller, crueler moments: a front foot over the line, an outside edge that no slip fielder claims, and two batters who refuse to panic. Joe Root finished unbeaten on 62. Jordan Cox remained not out on 59. Together, they turned 2 for 2 into an 8-wicket victory and turned Pakistan's last opening into England's final statement of authority. This was more than a simple chase. It was a reminder that pressure does not always belong to the side with the larger target. For a brief period, England looked vulnerable. Then Root and Cox changed the temperature of the morning, one decision and one boundary at a time. You were listening to Guru News Network, powered by The Guru Gyan. For premium cricket news, intelligent match context, and fast live action through The Guru Gyan Live Line, stay connected with The Guru Gyan... where every score has a story, and every story deserves to be told properly.